In message <000201be7c67$00fcdd40$1f77d4d4@myth>, Fabian
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>Father, what are those lights?
>
>That is the city of the Goyanim. They are a strange people. They light their
>cities at night, as if the stars weren't sufficient for their needs. They
>fight and kill eachother, not realising the greater danger beyond their
>small world. And they do not hunt eachother with bows and arrows. No, they
>have strange devices that kill from far away without arrows. And take care
>near their strange iron horses they use to travel. They travel faster than
>any natural beast ought to, and ignore the strength of the bow and arrow.
>Best if you avoid their cities, my son.
>
>Father, whats a city?

** For "they", the EA version uses "aha" throughout. This means a
people or a nation.
** The relative "cwac" means "which machine". There are relatives for
all of EA's short nouns, so you could have "cwen"="which person",
"cwaha"="which people", etc. In "cwacipsaw aha evarn" the relative is
governing postpositioned verb, so that it means "using which machines
the people travel"
** The postpositioned verb -uva translates a number of things, two of
which are here: enough FOR something, and, more x THAN something
** "World" here doesn't seem to mean the planet, so I have used "ormasu"
="situation, circumstances"
** The two questions come out differently: What is that light? and What
does "city" mean?
** "Bow and arrow" I translated as "coy tal coytalh" the first time, but
the second time it seems to be speaking of the power of archery in
general, so I have used "coyas"="bows in general, collectively"
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